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1. Lock doors. 2. Turn on music. 3. Trade.

The gun ban was removed in Washington DC last year and the murder rate fell 25%. This is the first significant decrease in murder rates in DC in almost 30 years. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/02/learning-from-the-dc-handgun-ban/

Gun laws regarding automatic weapons only make it difficult for law-abiding citizens to own one. A recent bust in San Diego uncovered over 200 Tech-9's that had been converted to full-auto for use by criminal gangs. There are thousands of full-auto weapons on the streets being used by criminals...

I'll ask you one more time: What evidence do you have that banning semi-automatic weapons will reduce crime?

You're the one proposing a ban on semi-automatic weapons. You're the one making claims that banning semi-automatic weapons will reduce crime. The burden of proof is on you.

What evidence do you have that banning semi-auto rifles would reduce crime? There is none. There is not a shred of evidence on your side of the argument. Gun-bans only disarm law-abiding citizens. Criminals don't give up their guns. Criminals don't obey the law. That's what makes them criminals...

By your reasoning, acquiring a gun causes someone to become a criminal. If that's true, why is that people who own guns legally are LESS likely to commit crimes than the general population? Criminals become criminals long before they acquire guns. A story in the LA Times last year said that...

I agree that criminals should not have guns. But I'm afraid that's all we can agree on.

Can you see that there's a difference between a law-abiding citizen with a gun and criminal with a gun? Can you see that laws against gun ownership punish law-abiding citizens and reward criminals? And, by the way, there is no statistical gymnastics. The statistic is a result of...

I don't need to vouch for anyone. If my neighbor or the guy up the street legally owns a gun, then he/she underwent a criminal background check to get it. Look at the statistics. People who own guns legally are less likely to commit crimes than the general population. When states like Florida...

Almost 30% of the adult population in this country owns at least one gun. Unless you're a hermit, you come into contact with them every day.

This is the image the media portrays and many would like to believe. I was a competitive shooter for many years and know hundreds of gun owners. They're not anything like the stereotypes promoted by the gun-hating media. If you really want to know what gun owners are like, go to a shooting...

I own two of them. I also own nine semi-automatic handgans. All my guns are legal and registered as required. I was a competitive shooter for many years and for a while even made my own reload ammunition (with real gunpowder -- GASP!!!) to save money. What I don't understand is why you...

It depends on the circumstances. If I lived out in the country, I would probably keep a semi-auto rifle as my primary self defense weapon. It can be precisely aimed at greater distance and has more stopping power than a handgun, but it also has greater carry and is more likely to penetrate a...

Semi-auto rifles are rarely used to commit crimes, but do make excellent self-defense weapons, as do shotguns. The bad guys are going to get their hands on whatever they want. Honest law-abiding citizens should be allowed to defend themselves with whatever type of firearms they feel are...

I'm not sure if you were kidding or not, but I always listen to music when I trade. It helps me focus.

Never. But when a burgler was breaking into our house through French doors, he didn't stop when he saw me through the glass. He just kept using a crow bar on the doors. When he saw I had a gun, he took off running. Most uses of a gun to stop a crime don't involve firing the weapon. In...

It has nothing to do with revenge or an eye-for-an-eye. It has to do with the right to protect yourself from an assailant. Have you ever been physically assaulted by an armed assailant? Have you ever had anyone break into your home while your were there? Criminals are armed. Law-abiding citizens...

How can one Senator block anything when the other 99 are in favor?

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